The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 5] by Kotobuki Yasukiyo

Author:Kotobuki Yasukiyo
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: The Old Guy Tells His Life Story

After defeating the bandits, Zelos and the rest of the party made their way back to the riverbank, where they decided to spend the night.

Celestina and Zweit went to sleep early, while Zelos and some of the guards took turns on lookout duty to keep everyone safe. As tired as they were, they couldn’t let their guard down; you never knew when monsters could appear and try to capture people.

After their week in the Far-Flung Green Depths, the knights’ senses had become almost as sharp as those of wild animals, waking them up if they sensed even the slightest presence. The problem was, even if that presence only ended up being a bear or something, they’d set out and start to hunt it with glee. They’d gotten too used to the wild.

Zelos was warming himself by the bonfire as he sorted the medicinal herbs and other things he’d collected from the Far-Flung Green Depths. That was when he noticed the girl coming up to him.

It was Iris. The girl from earlier, who was in the same situation he was—both of them forced to live in this new world due to the carelessness of its four goddesses.

“Mister, um...middle-aged guy, whatever your name is? Can we talk for a bit?”

“Middle-aged, huh? Well, I guess you’re not wrong. I did turn forty just this year. Actually hearing someone say it kind of hurts, though...”

Zelos didn’t particularly mind the fact that he’d reached middle age. But hearing it straight from the mouth of a youngster like Iris made it sting a bit, somehow. He was at a sensitive age.

“Oh. I thought you’d be older than that. Anyway, that’s not important. There’s something I wanted to ask you.”

“‘Not important,’ she says... It’s a pretty delicate subject for me, you know. By the way, just to make it clear—I’m not into little girls. So if you’re going to ask me to be your sugar daddy or something, then sorry, I’ll have to decline.”

“What the hell?! No! Why is that the first thing you think of?!”

“A girl about your age came up to me on the street not too long ago and asked me if I was interested in that sort of thing. I said no—as politely as I could—but do you know how she responded? She clicked her tongue at me and said, ‘Stop trying to be such a Goody Two-shoes, you fucking geezer.’ I must admit, it traumatized me a little...” He let out a sheepish laugh.

“Don’t just lump me in with her! You’re making things awkward! And that’s something that happened to you back in Japan, right?”

Iris was a little indignant at the assumption that she was trying to lure him into being her sugar daddy. The fact that his mind had gone there right away was more proof that he really was from the same society as her, but at the same time, you couldn’t blame her for getting angry.

“Besides,” she continued, “what even made

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